Former PM Imran Khan faces yet another blow

Former PM Imran Khan faces yet another blow

On Friday, an accountability court remanded Imran Khan in the £190 millioncase for four days.

The hearing, presided over by Judge Muhammad Bashir in Adiala Jail, saw theNational Accountability Bureau seeking a 10-day remand, but the judgeapproved only a four-day remand, adjourning the case until November 21.

Additionally, Bushra Begum’s bail in the case was extended until the samedate. NAB’s Special Prosecutor, Sardar Muzzafar Abbas, confirmed that Imranhad been handed over to NAB until 2021, leaving the interrogation methodsto the Bureau.

Imran is already in jail for the cipher case under the Official SecretsAct. Despite the IHC restoring his bail application in the Toshakhana case,he remains under arrest in the £190 million case, for which authoritiesrecently obtained warrants during his incarceration.